Metallic connection for automatic connectors for train-pipes.



P. BEAHM. y METALLIC CONNECTION FOR AUTOMATIC CONNECTORS POR TRAINPIPES.

APPLICATION IIIIIED PEB. B, 1910. 95 9 ,290, Patented May 24, 1910.

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INI/'6 fifa/- P. BEAHM. METALLIC CONNECTION FOR AUTOMATIG CONNECTORS FORTRAIN PIPES.

APPLICATION FILED IEB. 8l 1910.

Patented May 24, 1910.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEioE.

PETER BEAI-IM, 0F ALTOONA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNCR OF ONE-THIRD T0CHARLES A. BUCH AND ONE-THIRD TO JAMES-P. FORSYTH, F VAYNE,PENNSYLVANIA.

METALLIC CONNECTION FOR AUTOMAT'C CONNEC'DQRS TRAIN-PIPES.

Specification of Letters Eatent.

Patented May 24, 1910.

Original application filed January 21, 1910, Serial No. 539,430. Dividedand this application filed ebruary 8, 1910. Serial No. 542,687.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, PETEE Enviar, a citizen of the United States7residing at Altoona, in the county of Blair andA State of Pennsylvania,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Metallic`Connections for Automatic Connectors for Train-Pipes, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawing. i

My present invention relates tov improve ments in metallic connectionsfor automatic connectors for train pipes, this connectionbeingspeci-ally designed for use in connection with my connector ascovered by my U. S. Letters Patent No. 872,707, dated December 3rd,1907, but more particularly upon my connector set forth in myapplication tiled January 21st, 1910, Serial No. 539,430, and of whichthis application is a division. 'i

The main objection to the automatic con nectors for train pipesheretofore presented, resides in the fact that no satisfactory metallicconnection or coupling means was provided, whereby the connector itselfwas connected to the pipes carried by the car, that is the air brakepipes, the airsignal pipes and the steam heating pipes, and I havetherefore endeavored, and have as far as l am. able to figure out,devised a connection, which has all the advantages required of this formof connection, and none of the disadvantages of the others. To produce aconnection of this character', it must be of metal, for t-he reason thatall three of the pipes must be simultaneously connected as t-he carscouple or are about to couple, and for this reason, should they not bemetal, the heat from the heating pipes would soon ruin the other pipes.Furthermore all of the connections must be flexible orso joined as topermit of motion between the rigid ends of the pipes carried by the carand those carried by the connector and not to interfere with the properand non-leaking actionof the joints. To this end, I have devisedthe'metallic connection, as presented in the accompanyin drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is an en view of one member of any automatic connectorwith each one of the pipe connections in section. Fig. 2 is anenlargeddetail section of steam pipe connection. F 3 is an enlarged detailsection lpresently appear.

the other end of the connecting casing 16, is

of the air bralre pipe connection. Fig. t is an enlarged detail viewofthe lvalve for connecting the steam heatingpipes manually 'shown inposition for manual connection.

Referring to the drawings: The numeral 1 designates the sliding-memberof my connector., which has the upper casing portion 2, havi-ng thethree downwardly opening ports 3, 3 and 3, and the three alinedconnector ports fl, each one of which is provided with the metallicabutting rings 5, which themselves are each provided with the series ofconcentric grooves 6 V-shaped, in section. These grooves permit theabutting rings to meet, and any grit upon the flat portions of the faceswill be accommodated within the grooves 6, so that all rings will seatinthe same vertical plane, thus insuring a non-leaking metallic jointbetween the connectors. Threaded into the downwardly opening ports 3, 3are fthe collars 7, whose upper ends are provided with the curved seats8, terminating the downward and outwardly flaring bore or channel 9, thepurpose of which will presently appear. Fitting within the bore or theirown weight and also the pressure vupon the seats S, are thesemi-spherical couplings 10, which carry the threaded port-ion 11 andthe reduced portion 12, this reduced portion being opposed to the bore9, so that the said coupling is allowed a gyratory motion within thebore and upon the seat 8. By this means a tight joint is at all timesmade with the connector proper.

Connected tothe threaded portion 11, so as to be supported by thecoupling 10, is a vertical pipe '13, which has formed integral therewithat its lower end the condensation chamber la, having the valve 15, forcontrolling the outletl; vand formed integral and at right angles to thepipe 13, is a connecting casing 10, which is provided with the channels17 and 1S, which are separated by the crosswise slightly tapered bore19, in which is rotatably mounted the hollow tapered valve 20, thepurpose of which will Formed integral with a casing 21, having theupwardly projecting threaded connection 22, to which is connected thefemale member 23, of the aotiy'e member 24:, of the ball-and-soclretcoupling.

This active member 24, consists of hollow ball head 25, provided with aseries of outlets 26, through the walls horizontally of the axis of theball, so that the lower solid por- 5 tion atl a, will rest snugly uponthe soft metal gasket or valve seat b, carried upon the annular rim oriange c, of the stationary or other member 24 of the ball-and-s'ocketjoint, the upper solid portion d, of the ball y0 iitting snugly againstand in the concaved I portion e, in the underside of the removable andadjustable plug or cap f, of the member 24. By this means the heatingfluid is permitted to pass through the member 23 through the ball 25,into the channel 27, and

rearward through an elbow, which is connected to the vertical pipe 29,whose upper end in turn is'- connected to the ball-andsocket coupling30, through the elbow 31, to 2() the vertical coupling 32, which issecured to the heating pipe 33 of the car. By this means it will be seenthat the coupling 1-0, and the heating pipe 33, support the metalliccoupling pipes so that as the connector 25 is given a gyratory motionby-reason of the movement of the respective ends of the cars, the steamjoints are flexible and yet nonleakable, thus producing an etlicientconnection of this character and for this purpose. p v

-When my automatic connector is connected for automatic operation, thevalve 20, assumes the position as shown in Fig. 2, and in this instancethe manual pipe coupling or handle 20', is swung to assume the positionas shown in Fig. 1, the pivoted link or wire 20, carried by the arm 20a,removably engaging the handle 20', and causing the central cut-awayportion g, of the valve 20 to permit a passageway through the two ports17 and 18, steam thus passing from either direction through the port ofthe automatic coupler, but should my connector be coupled manually, thehandle 20,

is released and swung to assume the position shown in dotted lines Fig.2, thus causing the port h, to aline with the port, 18, closing port 17,and permitting the Steam to pass through the port 18, and port h, intothe hollow portion of the valve 20, and thence through the channelof thehandle 20', to the other memberyof the manual pipe coupler to the carpipes of the car not provided with my connector. This p ovision is made,in the event that cars not e uipped with my automatic connector may bemanually connected thereto, and thereby not prohibit the use of eithercoupler.

In the air-brake coupling, A, I dispense with the casing 16 and itsvalve 20, employing a horizontal pipe 34 in lieuthereoh'as ltheconnector itself is provided with a member at its port 4, for manualconnection, while in the air-signal coupling or connec- 35 tion B, nocondensation valve is used, a

lthat the same will not leak, and yet will 7,5

produce the flexibility required.

What I claim, as new, is

1. The combination with a car coupler, an automatic train pi e connectorsupported entirely thereby, and the pipes of the car, of a pipeconnection between the automatic train pipe connector and the pipes ofthe `car, comprising a sleeve having a downwardly' flaring channel, avertical pipe haying a semi-spherical upper end fitting 1n g5 and abovethe channel, whereby the pressure of the fluid and the weight of theconnection will hold the upper end into close contact with the u per endof the iiaring channel and said pi e will have a gyratory movementwithin said channel to accommodate the transverse and tilting movementsof the car coupler.

2. The combination with a car coupler, an automatic train pipe connectorsupported bodily thereby, and the pipes of the canot 'a pipe connectionbetween the automatic train pipe connector land-the pipes of the car,comprising a sleeve havingl a downwardly flaring channel and anupper'concaved seat, a 10i vertical pipe havin a Semi-spherical upperend litting upon the seat and within the channel, and connectionsbetween the vertiy cal pipe and the train pipes capable of a gyratorymovement. 10..

3. The combination with a car coupler, an automatic train pipe connectorsupported bodily thereby, and the pipes of the car, of a metallic pipeconnection between the automatic tram pipe connector and the pipes 11eof the car, comprising a sleeve forming a support at the automaticconnector, a vertical pipe supported in said sleeve and capable of agyratory movement therein, and ball-and-socket connected conduitsconnecting said vertical pipe and the pipes of the car. A

4. The combination with an automatic train pipe connector and the pipesof the car, of a connection between the connector and 12e the heatingpipe'o the car, comprising a vertical pi e connected to. the automaticconnector an capable of a gyratory movement with relation thereto, acasing at the lower .end of the pi e, a pipe connecting the casing tothe pipe o the car, and a valve having a manually operated member, of apipe coupler mounted in the casing, whereby when the connector isoperating automatically, the said valve permits steam to flow into theverwhen' manually zconnecteds, sWiticl'xe'sQ Athe flow" ventsitflownglthrou'gh the co'nne'ctonll 5, 5. The combination Vwith a'cacou'plola 'gies off ehamber, Said {cnnector 'being bodily.'y

tran'p' ,s, comprising a sleevememovably'f 'mount ,.-jn' each chamberof: the-conecto1 ahd'having jan .-'upper concaved' seahiand a of Saidsleeve, and. a .un'versal'fcoupling be- .tween each 'o' the-'said'couplingsancl the-

